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until you get a john mccain. until you get people on the left to really stand up and give those, you know, robust kinds of criticisms of the drone policy. we will be in the background. we will follow and wait for that. >> by the way, i kidded o'reilly about why he was securing referring to me as his old pal. here's how he ened the segment when i was on "the factor." >> sure you'll get a lot of e-mail about it and run it on your show on sunday. good work, me and you because you're my pal. >> i thought his ratings would go up because i was going on. thanks very much for coming by this sunday morning. >>> up next, the pundits mostly praised the president's state of the unii. so why aren't obama's proposals getting more media attention? hi♪ ♪ we, we chocolate cross over. ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relie
until you get a john mccain. until you get people on the left to really stand up and give those, you know, robust kinds of criticisms of the drone policy. we will be in the background. we will follow and wait for that. >> by the way, i kidded o'reilly about why he was securing referring to me as his old pal. here's how he ened the segment when i was on "the factor." >> sure you'll get a lot of e-mail about it and run it on your show on sunday. good work, me and you because...
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john mccain, lindsey graham, they're always together. not surprisingly. they're good friends, allies on so many of these issues. this is a moment where so many members of the house and the senate, democrats and republicans, some actually try to sit together to demonstrate that there can be some bipartisan cooperation. we'll see what kind of reaction the president of the united states gets when he utters some of the famous words that he will be saying. there you see, by the way, also behind dennis mcdonough, you see eric holder, the attorney general right there. but we did see susan rice, the ambassador to the unit, john boehner, the speaker, joe biden, the vice president will be presiding over this session. chris cuomo is watching it. as soon as the members of the cabinet come in, the president will be introduced. >> thank you very much. let's come back to our minds over here. you're giving me ideas for what you want to talk about. we hear from the white house that this speech will be effective because the president is doing what he does best, speaking to
john mccain, lindsey graham, they're always together. not surprisingly. they're good friends, allies on so many of these issues. this is a moment where so many members of the house and the senate, democrats and republicans, some actually try to sit together to demonstrate that there can be some bipartisan cooperation. we'll see what kind of reaction the president of the united states gets when he utters some of the famous words that he will be saying. there you see, by the way, also behind...
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john brennan to take over at cia and senator john mccain again and still wants answers from the administration about it all. a congressional hearing -- >> you ought to have your facts straight. >> after congressional hearing. >> who is responsible now? >> john mccain challenges the white house on his response to benghazi. now he is going further on nbc's "meet the press." >> there many, many questions and we had a massive cover up. >> you said there is a cover up? a cover up of what? >> i will be glad to send you a list of the questions that have not been answered. >> the white house said it has given answers. conducted 20 briefings for congress and officials testified at ten hearings and answered 40 queries and it all adds up to 10,000 pages of documents. just last week he told cnn recent responses were "adequate. is this just politics? when we asked what questions he had, we were referred to this press release listing 14 questions. like this one, mccain repeated on "meet the press." >> who did he talk to the night of the attack on benghazi? >> some answers are already out there. regarding wh
john brennan to take over at cia and senator john mccain again and still wants answers from the administration about it all. a congressional hearing -- >> you ought to have your facts straight. >> after congressional hearing. >> who is responsible now? >> john mccain challenges the white house on his response to benghazi. now he is going further on nbc's "meet the press." >> there many, many questions and we had a massive cover up. >> you said there...
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republican senators john mccain and marco rubio were working on a senate immigration plan that quickly criticized the president's version. it's only a backup in case congress fails to act. >>> more from marco rubio. you remember him reaching for that bottle of water during his response to the state of union address. now a pact, his pact, has turned this into a $100,000 moment. rubio's pact has raised that much money being giving away water bottles for any donation over $25. that's smart politics. >>> so danica patrick has made nascar history. she's the first woman to win the poll for the storied daytona 500. now some details on the pope's declining health. pope benedict may be blind in his left eye. that's according to a german journalist. he tells the newspaper the pope's hearing has also faded. he says the pope is so thin the tailors struggle to keep him in his clothes. he cited his poor health for his decision to leave. he will leave on february 28th. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a
republican senators john mccain and marco rubio were working on a senate immigration plan that quickly criticized the president's version. it's only a backup in case congress fails to act. >>> more from marco rubio. you remember him reaching for that bottle of water during his response to the state of union address. now a pact, his pact, has turned this into a $100,000 moment. rubio's pact has raised that much money being giving away water bottles for any donation over $25. that's...
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. >> mostly because a handful of gop senators who said they wouldn't block hagel, like john mccain, reversed themselves. demanding next week's senate recess to study the nomination and ask for questions. >> i think during the break, it is sufficient time to get any additional questions answered, and i will vote in favor of cloture on the date we get back, and i believe my colleagues would also -- a number of my colleagues would do the same. >> another vote to try to stop the hagel filibuster is already on the schedule a little less than two week from now. hagel should be confirmed as the next defense secretary after a very tough time from former colleagues in the senate. >>> home at last. the 4,200 people stranded on that crippled carnival cruiseship are on land. "triumph" docked around 10:00 p.m. eastern time and for several hours after that passengers came streaming off, one by one, many priaising the crew. >>> the former disgraced san diego mayor has sut a deal to repay $2 million she allegedly stole from her late husband's charity. maureen o'conner gambled away over $1 million when she r
. >> mostly because a handful of gop senators who said they wouldn't block hagel, like john mccain, reversed themselves. demanding next week's senate recess to study the nomination and ask for questions. >> i think during the break, it is sufficient time to get any additional questions answered, and i will vote in favor of cloture on the date we get back, and i believe my colleagues would also -- a number of my colleagues would do the same. >> another vote to try to stop the...
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john mccain had a press conference earlier today and said he's going to continue asking questions about who knew what, when on benghazi. and those questions will go to john brennan. >> a major setback for the obama administration. chuck hagel still has not been confirmed. they are going to have to wait several more days. we'll see what happens in these days to follow. thanks very much, gloria and dana. let's get back to the other breaking news story we're following. right now we're getting our first look at the unimaginable conditions aboard the stricten cruise ship. it's crawling at a very slow pace. it's being towed by tugboats. the ship is close to land and passengers can send pictures and what a disturbing sight some of these conditions, conditions inside the ship described by some is put trid. at least that's the word that one passenger put out. public areas fouled by raw sewage, people forced to use plastic bags instead of toilets. and take a look at this. our helicopter captured passengers lying on the deck spelling out the world help. the "triumph" is still estimated to be at le
john mccain had a press conference earlier today and said he's going to continue asking questions about who knew what, when on benghazi. and those questions will go to john brennan. >> a major setback for the obama administration. chuck hagel still has not been confirmed. they are going to have to wait several more days. we'll see what happens in these days to follow. thanks very much, gloria and dana. let's get back to the other breaking news story we're following. right now we're...
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on the subject of dreams and nightmares, guess which one john mccain was having in 2007? a big yawn from harry reid in 2010. and for vice president biden, perhaps a moment of meditation in 2011. mr. biden's hands have their very own chapter in the state of the union history book. so much sitting and standing and clapping, easy to see why he might have a timing issue. >> less than 1%. >> reporter: -- there is the air boxing fist pump -- >> that dream is why the working class kid from scranton can sit behind me. >> reporter: and, of course, the palms to the sky shrug. >> nobody messes with joe. am i right? >> reporter: we have the constitution to thanks for this annual address. and even if the state of the union is animated, sleepy, or dreamy, according to the president -- >> the state of our union will always be strong. >> john berman, this is why i love you. let me just say this, shouldn't everyone in that sacred room just always sort of assume you can be on camera at any moment in time, right? on your best behavior. >> absolutely. drink 12 cups of coffee and have a coca-
on the subject of dreams and nightmares, guess which one john mccain was having in 2007? a big yawn from harry reid in 2010. and for vice president biden, perhaps a moment of meditation in 2011. mr. biden's hands have their very own chapter in the state of the union history book. so much sitting and standing and clapping, easy to see why he might have a timing issue. >> less than 1%. >> reporter: -- there is the air boxing fist pump -- >> that dream is why the working class...
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the white house has issued a statement saying that the president called senators rubio, john mccain, and lindsey graham today to discuss can a shared commitment to, quote, bipartisan commonsense immigration reform and to commend the senators for bipartisan progress. let's discuss what's going on in our strategy session. joining us, our cnn contributors, paul begala and ana navarro. senator mccain, senator graham on this issue, how key is it? >> you know, it's key that it happened. i'm glad that it finally happened. frankly, though, it's mind blowing. it's amazing that it's taking this long for it to happen and that it's taken a leap. you've got a white house that has shown tremendous dysfunctionality this week. first of all, there was a leak of a bill that was drafted unilaterally without seeking any input from any of the republicans. they just stopped today. this is weeks after the bill was drafted and days after the bill was leaked. so i'm saying to the white house, if you are serious about passing immigration reform, and i hope you are, you need to coordinate better. there are rep
the white house has issued a statement saying that the president called senators rubio, john mccain, and lindsey graham today to discuss can a shared commitment to, quote, bipartisan commonsense immigration reform and to commend the senators for bipartisan progress. let's discuss what's going on in our strategy session. joining us, our cnn contributors, paul begala and ana navarro. senator mccain, senator graham on this issue, how key is it? >> you know, it's key that it happened. i'm...
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dennis mcdone owe and senator john mccain were in attendance to thank clint and tammy romesha. >> the ceremony will begin, so let's listen. i think they are waiting to introduce the president. and here it is. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. accompanied by medal of honor recipient staff sergeant clinton romesha. >> let us pray. eternal god, from whom we come to whom we belong and in whose service, hear our prayer. centuries ago were written to be called in a spur to the faithful servants of truths and justice. arm yourself, be men of valor, be in readiness for the conflict. it is better for us to perish in battle, look upon the outrage of our nation. lord god, recognize men of valor, who in readiness for the conflict, the battle came upon them. their sacred story is one of life and of death. the service faithfully rendered at the moment of truth belongs to that small band of black knights. as a nation grateful for the spirit of the men who follow, and the man who leads. we offer our gratitude for the actions of those men that day, an
dennis mcdone owe and senator john mccain were in attendance to thank clint and tammy romesha. >> the ceremony will begin, so let's listen. i think they are waiting to introduce the president. and here it is. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. accompanied by medal of honor recipient staff sergeant clinton romesha. >> let us pray. eternal god, from whom we come to whom we belong and in whose service, hear our prayer. centuries...
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. >> reporter: john mccain, who had said that he would not go along with the hagel filibuster is reversing course, saying he too wants answers about benghazi before letting hagel go through. >> it's the first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee for secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> reporter: all this a day after the armed services committee approved hagel's nomination on a party line vote, amid biting accusations. >> have you been paid directly by a foreign government? >> reporter: republican ted cruz demanding to know if hagel accepted money from speeches from foreign countries that oppose u.s. interests. >> it is at a minimum relevant to know if that $200,000 that he deposited in his bank account came directly from saudi arabia, came directly from north korea. and i have no evidence to suggest that it is or isn't. >> reporter: democrats lit into cruz. >> that senator cruz has gone over the line. he basically has impugned the patriotism of the nominee. >> reporter: even mccain, opposed to hagel's nomination, said cruz went too far. >>
. >> reporter: john mccain, who had said that he would not go along with the hagel filibuster is reversing course, saying he too wants answers about benghazi before letting hagel go through. >> it's the first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee for secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> reporter: all this a day after the armed services committee approved hagel's nomination on a party line vote, amid biting accusations. >>...
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john mccain is a traitor. he said he was a war criminal before they brought him back out of vietnam. people forgot about that. i do not know about senator graham. host: senator mccain defended the reputation of former senator hagel the other day. does that change your opinion at all? caller: i know he did. mccain is on both sides. from let's go to a clip the debate yesterday. this is carl levin, democrat of michigan. he talked about why he thinks the senate should move ahead on this confirmation vote. >> i think the continuation of what amounts to a filibuster, since 60 votes are required, is it too bad when there is a secretary of defense who is leaving to go back to california, and we very much need to have our new secretary of defense in place, given the circumstances in this world. we have a budget crisis in this country, where sequester is confronting us. that sequester will have a damaging effect on the defense department, on the men and women in uniform, and on programs, the equipment, the training that
john mccain is a traitor. he said he was a war criminal before they brought him back out of vietnam. people forgot about that. i do not know about senator graham. host: senator mccain defended the reputation of former senator hagel the other day. does that change your opinion at all? caller: i know he did. mccain is on both sides. from let's go to a clip the debate yesterday. this is carl levin, democrat of michigan. he talked about why he thinks the senate should move ahead on this...
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i want to say that i am a registered republican, begrudgingly voting for john mccain and mitt romney. there's no conservative movement left. i want to say that i am officially done and my two brothers are with their families with republicans. i guess i call myself a man without a party. marco rubio will give the response in spanish and english. this is just -- it started with karl rove, the architect, that little nerd -- if i see him one more time on tv -- is the architect of the destruction of the gop. he gave us obama. the idea of reaching out and becoming democrats. what democrats aren't are people who believe in a group identity and hyphenated americanism. we conservatives believe in assimilation. that's why he's not going to give a response in german or italian. we will hear all the lofty platitudes and trite things from obama about a nation of immigrants. it was a somewhat perverse people being melted down by the fires of assimilation and being made similar -- it was a people meltedrdiverse down by the fires of assimilation. nobody would know marco rubio. he looks like the beave
i want to say that i am a registered republican, begrudgingly voting for john mccain and mitt romney. there's no conservative movement left. i want to say that i am officially done and my two brothers are with their families with republicans. i guess i call myself a man without a party. marco rubio will give the response in spanish and english. this is just -- it started with karl rove, the architect, that little nerd -- if i see him one more time on tv -- is the architect of the destruction of...
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john mccain, and mark kelly, co- founder of americans for responsible solutions on guns in america. at 1:00, guests include paul ryan, castro. chris wallace and lyndsay grahnm and rand paul. "state of the union" with jack reed and chuck schumer from new york. also, the chair of the house committee john rogers. haley barber, corey booker, and donald wharl. all starting at noone aste eastn on c-span radio. you can also listen with our free apps for your iphone, android, or black burry. -- blackberry. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> i think the women were interested in politics but had no ability to express that so they were attracted to bed who were going to be politically active or were already politically active. >> i fight each of them intriguing. probably half of them because they are so obscure. i think half of these would then probably would be almost totally unrecognizable to most men and women on the street. >> c-span premiere's "first ladies, influence and image." exploring the lives of the wo
john mccain, and mark kelly, co- founder of americans for responsible solutions on guns in america. at 1:00, guests include paul ryan, castro. chris wallace and lyndsay grahnm and rand paul. "state of the union" with jack reed and chuck schumer from new york. also, the chair of the house committee john rogers. haley barber, corey booker, and donald wharl. all starting at noone aste eastn on c-span radio. you can also listen with our free apps for your iphone, android, or black burry....
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caller: marco rubio, john mccain. a lot of the republican senators and congressman -- congressmaen who have been in government a long time, doing the job they were sent there to do. they are representing the constituents from where they are from. i know we have differences. being able to work together, and coming together as a congress and a senate and a nation, has a lot to do with barack obama as the president. he was reelected. he needs to be in the white house, and he needs to lead this nation. he does not need to be out and campaigning. i have seen barack obama campaign, campaign, speech, speech. get in the white house and let's get things done. guest: a couple of points on things he said -- let us hear this from constituents. that they are frustrated that they are not seeing the leadership. what terrance is saying plays into that. leaders are team builders. they know how to bring people forward to find consensus. the president's speech the other night was all about the president and about his plans. it was not a
caller: marco rubio, john mccain. a lot of the republican senators and congressman -- congressmaen who have been in government a long time, doing the job they were sent there to do. they are representing the constituents from where they are from. i know we have differences. being able to work together, and coming together as a congress and a senate and a nation, has a lot to do with barack obama as the president. he was reelected. he needs to be in the white house, and he needs to lead this...
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the white house sent a letter to senators john mccain, lindsey gramm, kelly ayotte, who have been demanding more information. they hoped from soundness yesterday or the day before that they would be able to change minds and make these centers -- senators vote yes. there is information that republicans say they want. it also seems like they were unhappy with his pick, they wanted -- wanted a different tack, and they did not -- they did not want to be conciliatory about it. host: 1 vote for present. why did they go that way? guest: senator hatch of voted present. it beats me why he did. you either vote yes or no. there is a rumor that he did not believe in the filibuster. if you do not believe in the filibuster, you should probably vote yes. republican leadership was actively whipping. that would be the reason. of the people who voted to block it, one was center collins -- senator collins from the northeast. also, senator johanns from nebraska, who was one of senator hagel's colleagues from nebraska. host: what happens from here in terms of having a defense secretary? guest: i think the white
the white house sent a letter to senators john mccain, lindsey gramm, kelly ayotte, who have been demanding more information. they hoped from soundness yesterday or the day before that they would be able to change minds and make these centers -- senators vote yes. there is information that republicans say they want. it also seems like they were unhappy with his pick, they wanted -- wanted a different tack, and they did not -- they did not want to be conciliatory about it. host: 1 vote for...
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john mccain has a new fragrance out that can be sold exclusively at sears and roebuck, and lindsay, he just came running into the room and he said i endorse it, i endorse it. [laughter] you have to understand that we are dealing with a party whose hollywood symbol is pat sajak. there is not a lot of material we can go with here. speaking of hollywood, there these are these days a lot of talk about the academy awards. i have not seen all the nominees so it's hard to keep track of them. i just keep them straight. i'm told that django unchained is not a dramatization of ron paul's newsletters. [laughter] life of pi is not a biography of governor chris christie. [laughter] but one that i did see is about the iranian hostage crisis. it deals with a group of american subjects, americans subject to abuse mockery and a mass demonstration by a furious mob of radicals. the call it argot. john boehner calls a tuesday conference. [laughter] i hear we may soon have another movie star and wishing to d.c.. ashley judd is considering a run against her own mitch mcconnell for a senate seat in kentucky.
john mccain has a new fragrance out that can be sold exclusively at sears and roebuck, and lindsay, he just came running into the room and he said i endorse it, i endorse it. [laughter] you have to understand that we are dealing with a party whose hollywood symbol is pat sajak. there is not a lot of material we can go with here. speaking of hollywood, there these are these days a lot of talk about the academy awards. i have not seen all the nominees so it's hard to keep track of them. i just...
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mccain: i will just respond to my friend -- and he is my dear friend. i didn't note that sense of urgency for three months when john tower's nomination was held in limbo by the then majority of democrats. the secretary of defense post was vacant at that time as well. so this is not the first time in history that a secretary of defense's position has been vacant. the and, again, i hope that we can get this resolved, moved forward, and i think that the senator from michigan and my friend understands that we can get this issue resolved on the day that we return from the recess. certainly there is, i believe, sufficient votes to invoke cloture at that time. mr. levin: madam president, if the senator -- the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: if the senator from arizona would yield for a minute -- and he is my dear friend -- i don't believe that senator tower was filibustered. there was a delay in et going to that vote. but i don't believe there was a requirement that there be -- and i may be wrong on this -- but i don't believe there wa
mccain: i will just respond to my friend -- and he is my dear friend. i didn't note that sense of urgency for three months when john tower's nomination was held in limbo by the then majority of democrats. the secretary of defense post was vacant at that time as well. so this is not the first time in history that a secretary of defense's position has been vacant. the and, again, i hope that we can get this resolved, moved forward, and i think that the senator from michigan and my friend...
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john johns says the other senators are not stuck on stupid like mccain. i am tired of stale republicans. get more other republicans then that make more sense. jimmerwin says am i missing something or did john mccain lose the 2008 election. who cares what he thinks anymore? obama respects bob corker from tens. he's got something to say. right? not just everything dump, dump, dump. the pope? >> the pope has released a statement that says after having repeatedly examined my conscience before god, i came to my strength due to age real no longer up to the ministry. resigns on february 28th. >> kevin calling from chicago about mccain and lindsey graham. hey, kevin. >> bill, how are you doing? >> what's your point? >> got to agree with what you said about graham there, you know. he is just an old idiot and probably worried about, you know enough information in south carolina as far as mccain, when he worked for feingold and when he had some, you know, common sense and what not. now, the bottom line, he is going to hold down hist re. as the first white guy who lo
john johns says the other senators are not stuck on stupid like mccain. i am tired of stale republicans. get more other republicans then that make more sense. jimmerwin says am i missing something or did john mccain lose the 2008 election. who cares what he thinks anymore? obama respects bob corker from tens. he's got something to say. right? not just everything dump, dump, dump. the pope? >> the pope has released a statement that says after having repeatedly examined my conscience before...
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you heard it with john mccain. this is about the inside the beltway chamber -- where words ricochet back and forth. they listen to themselves. they're playing a game where harry reid against mitch mcconnell. the chess game continues unabated. harry reid could have broken the game over. >> john: mccain was candid saying we're punishing this guy for going against the bush administration. >> that's what they call gaffe in washington where you tell the truth and reveal what people are really thinking because what chuck hagel had done while bush was president was tell the truth. you can debate the surge and military issue aside but calling george bush the worst president since herbert hoover, 80% of the public at some point would have agreed with that. president obama's entitled to his secretary of defense. game over. >> john: it's incredibly historic. never happened before. what does this say about the likelihood of pushing any kind of legislation through the house or senate? >> if you go back to the state of the union
you heard it with john mccain. this is about the inside the beltway chamber -- where words ricochet back and forth. they listen to themselves. they're playing a game where harry reid against mitch mcconnell. the chess game continues unabated. harry reid could have broken the game over. >> john: mccain was candid saying we're punishing this guy for going against the bush administration. >> that's what they call gaffe in washington where you tell the truth and reveal what people are...
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after both lindsey graham and john mccain said they were largely satisfied according to the hill, but they still wanted to push the hagueel vote back. in reality it's not like they actually care about any of that. this is purely about political grandstanding. and speaking of that john boehner is using the senate to excuse his complete lack of action in the house. >> the president likes to attack congress but if he's serious about enacting his agenda, i think it must start with the part of this congress, the united states senate. why can't he get past in the united states senate? >> michael: that's a really good question mr. speaker. let's get to work, senate democrats. joining me now philip ewing. he comes to us from washington, d.c. philip, welcome inside "the war room"." >> thanks for having me. >> michael: let's just start at the basics about hagel. once the senate gets closure what will be next for chuck hagel? >> the way it will probably work is that republicans want to vote on thursday to end debate on hagel. it doesn't look like democrats have the votes to stop their barricade,
after both lindsey graham and john mccain said they were largely satisfied according to the hill, but they still wanted to push the hagueel vote back. in reality it's not like they actually care about any of that. this is purely about political grandstanding. and speaking of that john boehner is using the senate to excuse his complete lack of action in the house. >> the president likes to attack congress but if he's serious about enacting his agenda, i think it must start with the part of...
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john mccain is caught in the middle. he lurches back and forth between some innate sense of decency and back to help his buddy cater to his tea party base. >> for more, let's go to ted nugent. stephanie: 19 minutes after the hour, we roll along friday's with john fugelsang on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: the left roars back. [ cats fighting ] >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ [clucking]. everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny. cause only he brings delicious cadbury crÈme eggs, while others may keep trying. nobunny knows easter better than cadbury! current tv is the place for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show," welcome to it. 22 minutes after the our fridays with sexy liberal john fugelsang in the washington bureau of sexy liberal incorporated. hi andy. caller: i have a big concern about this gun contro
john mccain is caught in the middle. he lurches back and forth between some innate sense of decency and back to help his buddy cater to his tea party base. >> for more, let's go to ted nugent. stephanie: 19 minutes after the hour, we roll along friday's with john fugelsang on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: the left roars back. [ cats fighting ] >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ [clucking]. everyone wants to be the cadbury...
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when john mccain points that out, you know, seriously. >> huh? >> stephanie: senator carl levin said their demands are beyond the scope of what has been asked traditionally of former nominees. a point echoed by john mccain. >> eh? >> did i or didn't i? wait. what day is it? who am i for and against? who am i mad at this week so i can choose my position on who i have a grudge against? >> no, sir one should impugn his character and integrity. they were accusing him of lying. >> of colluding with iran against the interests of the american people. i mean dick cheney went on -- i guess it was a fox interview. can't go anywhere else. but he was -- his big thing was that the president's choices including hagel are a specific strategy to endanger the american people and undermine be. it's doing it. >> stephanie: he can talk because he served so patrioticically in vietnam. >> no terrorist things happened on cheney's watch though. >> you're nothing. >> nothing bad happened. >> no wars of choice. we made sure that our soldiers had everything they needed whe
when john mccain points that out, you know, seriously. >> huh? >> stephanie: senator carl levin said their demands are beyond the scope of what has been asked traditionally of former nominees. a point echoed by john mccain. >> eh? >> did i or didn't i? wait. what day is it? who am i for and against? who am i mad at this week so i can choose my position on who i have a grudge against? >> no, sir one should impugn his character and integrity. they were accusing him...
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one of the leaders of the filibuster, john mccain was make that point a few days ago. he was saying we shouldn't set this precedent, that we shouldn't set this precedent because in the future, there will be a republican in the white house. there might be a republican-controlled senate and that if we sdpil buster this, it's going to be a serious problem for them. that was a couple of days before he helped in a filibuster. >> how did he vote yesterday? >> he voted against ending debate on chuck hagel >> bill: he did not -- if he had voted the right way, defense secretary would be secretary? >> he would probably be on his way to the. >> if you listen to what some people are saying, this isn't a filibuster. >> bill: they are saying it's not a filibuster. >> it's an exostencial question about what is a filibuster. >> if you need 60 votes, it's a filibuster. i am not going to get into that bs. why did they need more time? >> they have a letter from the white house on benghazi they want to review and they have additional questions about chuck hagel speeches and financial disc
one of the leaders of the filibuster, john mccain was make that point a few days ago. he was saying we shouldn't set this precedent, that we shouldn't set this precedent because in the future, there will be a republican in the white house. there might be a republican-controlled senate and that if we sdpil buster this, it's going to be a serious problem for them. that was a couple of days before he helped in a filibuster. >> how did he vote yesterday? >> he voted against ending...
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i love the impression of john mccain. it's not the policy here. >> not the policy. stephanie: so funny. just want to ask you what you think if the republicans had invited a dixie chick to the state of the union. >> i can't believe they let ted new gent come. stephanie: 2001 tweeted the pope patron saint of quitting early on sarah palin's site. >> is that one of those internet site? like 10,000 spoons causing more deaths than guns. stephanie: how about people that get killed by 10,000 spoons. why aren't we outlawing spoons? ok. i was just trying to find somebody that might be having a worst day than me on valentine's day, on a manufactured holiday. don't you hate it when the meth lab blows up in your port a potty? i do. a meth lab was found on a golf course in oklahoma. three bottles were there, two exploded before police arrived. >> clean up on aisle seven. stephanie: might have been having a really good round and then a meth lab exploded up our arse. >> there's some shrapnel in that. stephanie: 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number. t.j. in las vegas. welcome. caller: h
i love the impression of john mccain. it's not the policy here. >> not the policy. stephanie: so funny. just want to ask you what you think if the republicans had invited a dixie chick to the state of the union. >> i can't believe they let ted new gent come. stephanie: 2001 tweeted the pope patron saint of quitting early on sarah palin's site. >> is that one of those internet site? like 10,000 spoons causing more deaths than guns. stephanie: how about people that get killed by...
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perhaps senator john mccain has perhaps decided to say that he would support it. i am not saying that i know that. if what he is reporting it's true, that would be what is happening here. i think what is being reported here are many commentators saying a couple weeks ago after the president very aggressive state of the union and progressive of marx he was saying about the republicans. look, the president will need the republicans in congress in his second term to get done some of the things he wants to achieve. like immigration reform. well, here we are. he is in trouble. his relationship with the republicans out there is simply broken. now it looks like the president may pay a price for that. dagen: do you think it will, at the end of the day, get in the way of chuck hagel becoming defense secretary. also, republicans will have to pay a price, right? connell: it looks like we have the speaker of the house. the breaking news out of washington. let's listen to the live comment. >> in two weeks we will have a ceremony here at the state capital. they will gather. thi
perhaps senator john mccain has perhaps decided to say that he would support it. i am not saying that i know that. if what he is reporting it's true, that would be what is happening here. i think what is being reported here are many commentators saying a couple weeks ago after the president very aggressive state of the union and progressive of marx he was saying about the republicans. look, the president will need the republicans in congress in his second term to get done some of the things he...
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john mccain said i don't know the answers to those questions. my guess is neither does david gregory and lots of other reporters. they don't know the answers either. they have shown a breathtaking lack of curiosity about those questions. when john mccain comes up with this and says, what are the answers? david gregory ought to be more curious about what those answers are. >> bill: that is why i thought mccain won because you care about this because we don't know how these men died. >> but you know what, john mccain and others on the right believe that president obama has not answered these important questions about benghazi and he got away with it because the media was complicit. >> bill: media doesn't hold president obama for anything. >> that is bigger issue. i think there are two reasons. one reason has to do with barack obama and the other reason has to do with roger a ails. the media adore him and they respect him that has not happened before. that is because he is young. he is cool. he is black and he is liberal. if he were conservative th
john mccain said i don't know the answers to those questions. my guess is neither does david gregory and lots of other reporters. they don't know the answers either. they have shown a breathtaking lack of curiosity about those questions. when john mccain comes up with this and says, what are the answers? david gregory ought to be more curious about what those answers are. >> bill: that is why i thought mccain won because you care about this because we don't know how these men died....
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i understand john mccain making a point. he also said that chuck hagel was friend of his and i thought, boy, with friends like that. but i think if you're outside of washington, you have to say, what are these guys and girls doing? we're going to have an acting secretary of defense. we've got a foregone conclusion, and maybe they should stop playing these procedural games and just do the vote. >> that's interesting about the vote. i remember john powers, they within through him and he was turned down. >> he got the vote. >> got it. right you are. there is a graphic here. shows these delays and these procedures have skyrocketed. look at that. straight right up the past few years. why do you think that? you're a veteran of washington. is it partisanship? what are these guys thinks about when this comes to the floor and they try to stop all this? >> i think it's partisanship run amuck. i'm old enough to remember and i worked in the senate some years ago, when we actually worked together and, you know, strom thurman was the rank
i understand john mccain making a point. he also said that chuck hagel was friend of his and i thought, boy, with friends like that. but i think if you're outside of washington, you have to say, what are these guys and girls doing? we're going to have an acting secretary of defense. we've got a foregone conclusion, and maybe they should stop playing these procedural games and just do the vote. >> that's interesting about the vote. i remember john powers, they within through him and he was...
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i, john mccain will not filibuster him. then after a talk with lindsey graham he decided to talk with a group that was filibustering in an effort to get the benghazi documents. he voted to uphold the filibuster on thursday. now he says that hagel will get confirmed. so i think that there's no doubt that the unless some sort of new information comes out and the whole situation changes, hagel will be confirmed. jon: i want to ask you this question, and then give you my sort of theory on it. why the did the president nominate chuck hagel to begin with? i wondered from the start whether this was a republican nominee whom the president knew would not be popular among his fellow republicans and it might somehow make the republican members of senate look small? >> and created those very divisions we were talking about. first of all the president nominated hagel because i think he thinks hagel is pretty much in the same place as the president on a number of major public policy issues and he nedded a -- needed a secretary of defense
i, john mccain will not filibuster him. then after a talk with lindsey graham he decided to talk with a group that was filibustering in an effort to get the benghazi documents. he voted to uphold the filibuster on thursday. now he says that hagel will get confirmed. so i think that there's no doubt that the unless some sort of new information comes out and the whole situation changes, hagel will be confirmed. jon: i want to ask you this question, and then give you my sort of theory on it. why...
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there has been no alliance between john mccain and president obama. jon: again so interesting that a former republican senator is getting held up by primarily by people he used to be arm in arm with, his fellow republicans in the senate. >> yes. jon: we'll keep an eye on this story. bob cusack from "the hill." thank you. >> thanks, jon. jenna: u.s. general john allen announcing he is retiring as nato supreme allied commander in europe. was it his decision? was he pushed out? what is the real backstory here? we have a live report ahead. >>> also a brutal brawl at an oregon skating rink caught on video. the latest for the search for the suspects is straight ahead. jon: coming up new next hour, looks like the end of the miss rememberry -- misery cruise. they're back in port after spending days in does gifting conditions. their ordeal may not end once they set foot on land. >>> new signs iran is ramping up its nuclear program. what scientists reportedly purchased that could speed up their ability to produce nuclear weapons. >>> today is valentines's day i
there has been no alliance between john mccain and president obama. jon: again so interesting that a former republican senator is getting held up by primarily by people he used to be arm in arm with, his fellow republicans in the senate. >> yes. jon: we'll keep an eye on this story. bob cusack from "the hill." thank you. >> thanks, jon. jenna: u.s. general john allen announcing he is retiring as nato supreme allied commander in europe. was it his decision? was he pushed...
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stiantor john mccain said hagel is not qualified but the senate should confirm him because a reasonable amount of time has passed. >> thank you, steve. >> you bet. >> it is an emotional day in rome, that has pope john paul ii blesses want faithful from his window. for the first time since announcing his resignation. a crowd of 50,000 fill would st. peter's square 11 days before the pope is stepping down. meanwhile the cardinals are areiching in rome to lobby for the next pope of the church. pastor of our lady. monsingor always good to see you. >> good to be with you, too. >> what direction will the church go and who will the cardinals pick? >> i think we have a couplele of issuings facing us. the need for a strong organizational leadership in rome. between the aging of john paul ii and a pope in the late cents and 80s and admits he's slowing down, a lot has been let g. we need a strong letter in rome and be directive . someone with john paul roim two's charis mareach out to the third world and europe and america where we have lost many, many catholics. i hope we have someone with a new
stiantor john mccain said hagel is not qualified but the senate should confirm him because a reasonable amount of time has passed. >> thank you, steve. >> you bet. >> it is an emotional day in rome, that has pope john paul ii blesses want faithful from his window. for the first time since announcing his resignation. a crowd of 50,000 fill would st. peter's square 11 days before the pope is stepping down. meanwhile the cardinals are areiching in rome to lobby for the next pope...
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. >> unless new information comes to light and john mccain, even though he think hagel is not qualified, senate should confirm him because of reasonable amount of time for questions to be asked. >> harris: what is the white house saying about this whole episode so far for the hagel nomination? >> president said in a google appearance that much of the talk about benz, many questions were asked about that, benghazi. congress is running out of questions. the nomination of chuck hagel to be defense secretary and john brennan to head the c.i.a. are both hanging in the balance. the chief of staff says that is grave concern. >> between john brennan as c.i.a. director and chuck hagel as secretary of defense. we want make sure we have our guys working. we don't want something missed because of a hangup in washington. >> reporter: another vote on hagel is expected after congress returns. >> hagel is all but confirmed, how will it impacted his ability to be an effective leader. do not miss an all new fox news sunday, that is tonight when chris wallace sits down with lindsay graham, that is coming
. >> unless new information comes to light and john mccain, even though he think hagel is not qualified, senate should confirm him because of reasonable amount of time for questions to be asked. >> harris: what is the white house saying about this whole episode so far for the hagel nomination? >> president said in a google appearance that much of the talk about benz, many questions were asked about that, benghazi. congress is running out of questions. the nomination of chuck...
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and you have senator john mccain,. jenna: roy blunt, they have said that they would not sign onto a filibuster before but now they are being swayed by opponents of hagel, saying you need to stick with us. bill: reid is talk pweugt i. don't know italking about it. our producer on scene is saying reid is saying this is not h it's not football we are trying to confirm a secretary of defense. then he goes onto say this it's shocking my colleagues would leave the country without a secretary of defense. just reading this. bret, cabinet level nominees rarely require 60 votes to overcome a threatened filibuster. >> reporter: it's only happened three times. bill: what it says here is two in history so far have been required to clear a cloture vote of 60 votes. it's rare. >> reporter: very rare. i don't think it's happened ever for secretary of defense. i'll have to check that. it's very rare. and senator reid is on the floor berating republicans for doing this. yet u know, opponents say there are a number of substantive reasons
and you have senator john mccain,. jenna: roy blunt, they have said that they would not sign onto a filibuster before but now they are being swayed by opponents of hagel, saying you need to stick with us. bill: reid is talk pweugt i. don't know italking about it. our producer on scene is saying reid is saying this is not h it's not football we are trying to confirm a secretary of defense. then he goes onto say this it's shocking my colleagues would leave the country without a secretary of...
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senator john mccain yesterday on "meet the press" about benghazi. >> there are many, many questions. we have had a massive coverup -- >> a massive coverup of what? susan rice said there was lot of confusion. >> do you care, david? do you care, david? do you care? i'm asking you. do you care? i'm asking you, do you care whether four americans died? the reasons for that? >> you said there is a cove coverup. the information concerning death of four brave americans. >> maybe senator mccain should join the press corps. >> the only question is did obama get his valentine's day card? all he did is what gregory did on the sandy hook thing. he didn't wave a magazine. about time the conservatives and the republicans ask do you care about death? the left says it to you, all the time. maybe obama would care more if benghazi had 18-hole pga course there. fly out there. >> eric: gregory had another concern. he was concerned whether marco rubio was going to make it through the next speech without drinking water. >> bob: mccain called benghazi a massive coverup. that's going way over -- >> greg: wha
senator john mccain yesterday on "meet the press" about benghazi. >> there are many, many questions. we have had a massive coverup -- >> a massive coverup of what? susan rice said there was lot of confusion. >> do you care, david? do you care, david? do you care? i'm asking you. do you care? i'm asking you, do you care whether four americans died? the reasons for that? >> you said there is a cove coverup. the information concerning death of four brave...
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senator john mccain said it is time to allow the vote to go forward. in rhode island they are marking a grim anniversary. it is 10 years since the tragic night club fire that kill would 100 people . that will include reports from the governor and former governor. it started by the great white pyrotechnicings. michael jordan turned 50 today and viewed by many as bist basketball player ever. nhappy birthday to air jordan. >> he grew up in silver spring maryland and became a rabbi . there is it a sacrifice along with the triumph. joining us to talk about it. welcome. sir, thank you so much and testimony us about the journey. >> it is really first of all great to be on with you. it is remarkable . growing up. my father was a federal judge and father-in-law was in the united states military. very american and patriotic and true to american strailings. mipe wife and i moved to israel eight and half years ago. i am an educator by trade but got swipt up in political activism . i am blessed to be a member of the israeli parliment and i had to forego mirn citize
senator john mccain said it is time to allow the vote to go forward. in rhode island they are marking a grim anniversary. it is 10 years since the tragic night club fire that kill would 100 people . that will include reports from the governor and former governor. it started by the great white pyrotechnicings. michael jordan turned 50 today and viewed by many as bist basketball player ever. nhappy birthday to air jordan. >> he grew up in silver spring maryland and became a rabbi . there is...
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mccain. they are opposed to intervention. they're in favor of cutting defense budgets as part of an overrecall reduction in government spending. so libertarians like the idea of chuck hagel, who wants to be part of cuts and who wants to be less interventionist. remember, libertarians want to bring the troops home just as much as many liberals used to when george w. bush was president. so it's complicated for rand paul. he says he's fighting hagel on these principle grounds as it relates to benghazi, as it relates to the disclosure of documents and other things. but if libertarians had their way, they would prefer him to the guy who was just in there, leon panetta. >> rand paul is an intriguing character, if for no other reason than he always maintainses a very, very calm demeanor, but fires some heavy broadsides at the same time, one of which he fired at secretary of state hillary clinton during the benghazi hearing. let's take listen to what he said. >> and had i been president at the time a
mccain. they are opposed to intervention. they're in favor of cutting defense budgets as part of an overrecall reduction in government spending. so libertarians like the idea of chuck hagel, who wants to be part of cuts and who wants to be less interventionist. remember, libertarians want to bring the troops home just as much as many liberals used to when george w. bush was president. so it's complicated for rand paul. he says he's fighting hagel on these principle grounds as it relates to...
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that was senator john mccain clearly with "meet the press" host david gregory over the weekend. kt mcfarland, fox news national security analyst and former secretary of defense during the reagan administration. general jack keane is a retired four-star general, former vice chief of staff from the army and fox military analyst. good morning to both of you. ladies first, what is up, kt. >> of course it was a massive con cover-up. they were blind, they were deaf and dumb, will fully deaf to the repeated calls from the security chief and the ambassador this was a dangerous place to be. they were will fully blind when the attack was going on because they were dumb. we topple addict tate tore without any idea what would come afterwards. what came after resurgent al qaeda and a failed libyan policy. why did they cover it up? there was an election? what couldn't interfee with an election? a little reality. bill: september 11th. you're two months before the election. what do you make of the back and forth and the point mccain was trying to make there. >> i talked to senator mccain a numb
that was senator john mccain clearly with "meet the press" host david gregory over the weekend. kt mcfarland, fox news national security analyst and former secretary of defense during the reagan administration. general jack keane is a retired four-star general, former vice chief of staff from the army and fox military analyst. good morning to both of you. ladies first, what is up, kt. >> of course it was a massive con cover-up. they were blind, they were deaf and dumb, will...
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john mccain say leaks don't happen by accident in washington. >> time is 7 minutes after the hour on monday morning. get right to the rest of headlines. a bombshell report revealing olympic oscar pistorius may have killed his girlfriend. evidence of drinking during a search of his home and discovered a blood covered cricket bat leading investigators that he may have attacked her before the shooting. president obama is going back to washington after playing a round of golf with tiger woods. taking lessons from wood's former coach. they teed off and president went 27 holes and shot somewhere in the 80s. >> brand-new details emerging about the pope's health one week after he announced his resignation. they say his hearing has deteriorated and appears to have gone blind in his left eye. he got heart surgery and he is set to step down next month. >> danica patrick is the very first woman to win the pole at the daytona 500. she will start in the first position and jeff gordon will start second. she topped 196 miles an hour. >> i think it just shows what a great organization it is. when you
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john mccain, excuse me, senator lindsey graham, the republican senator from south carolina, has said he could put holds on both of them. it is senatorial privilege. unofficial and informal way of soing things dead in their tracks. he says both brennan as well as mr. hagel have not come clean and he has more questions and he needs straight answers. listen. >> i don't think we should allow brennan to go forward for the cia directorship, hagel to be confirmed as secretary of defense until the white house gives us an accounting, did the president ever pick up the phone and call anyone in the libyan government to help these folks? >> reporter: he is talking about the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. republican freshman texas senator ted cruz also threadent holding up nominations. democrats are furious and they're worried. watch. >> this is unprecedented, unwarranted to stop or attempt to try to stop the nomination of a secretary of defense and a cia director. >> reporter: well the problem with all this if they go to the committee tomorrow and mr. hagel is in fact held, his nomin
john mccain, excuse me, senator lindsey graham, the republican senator from south carolina, has said he could put holds on both of them. it is senatorial privilege. unofficial and informal way of soing things dead in their tracks. he says both brennan as well as mr. hagel have not come clean and he has more questions and he needs straight answers. listen. >> i don't think we should allow brennan to go forward for the cia directorship, hagel to be confirmed as secretary of defense until...
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. >> senator john mccain not pleased with the president or the press and the responses to the terror attack on september 11th in benghazi, libya. for months the white house has been reluctant to answer questions and this morning we may no why a new report says it was retaliation for secret strikes on al-qaeda that the administration approved. former navy seal brandon web and jack murphy author of a new book "benghazi, the definitive report." you say that john brennan essentially was running a war out of the white house? >> yeah, that is correct. he was authorized to clear these operations inside libya to go in there and destroy weapons and also target high value targets. >> steve: we're talking about a secret war run out of the white house. who gave them the authority? >> it had to be delegated from the president down to john brennan. >> steve: so the war was this. guys, secret guys, special operators, go into libya and get the guns, right? >> i think the main issue is when you have such a small geographic area and you have these types of units conducting the operations and keeping p
. >> senator john mccain not pleased with the president or the press and the responses to the terror attack on september 11th in benghazi, libya. for months the white house has been reluctant to answer questions and this morning we may no why a new report says it was retaliation for secret strikes on al-qaeda that the administration approved. former navy seal brandon web and jack murphy author of a new book "benghazi, the definitive report." you say that john brennan essentially...